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Page 53
... standing motionless . They resolved them- selves into a barouche , with four horses steaming a great deal , and an army of negresses with bandboxes on their heads . A great lady was on the road ; her querulous voice was calling to ...
... standing motionless . They resolved them- selves into a barouche , with four horses steaming a great deal , and an army of negresses with bandboxes on their heads . A great lady was on the road ; her querulous voice was calling to ...
Page 55
... standing above a ghastly white gentleman who , from a sitting posture , was gasping out , " I'll commit you ! . . . I swear I'll commit you ! . . . " I helped him to his feet rather apologetically , while the admiral behind me was ...
... standing above a ghastly white gentleman who , from a sitting posture , was gasping out , " I'll commit you ! . . . I swear I'll commit you ! . . . " I helped him to his feet rather apologetically , while the admiral behind me was ...
Page 57
... standing , hands down , on tiptoe , staring at the long scaffold . There were a great many false alarms , sudden outcries , hushing again rather slowly . In between I could hear someone behind me talk Spanish to the occupants of the ...
... standing , hands down , on tiptoe , staring at the long scaffold . There were a great many false alarms , sudden outcries , hushing again rather slowly . In between I could hear someone behind me talk Spanish to the occupants of the ...
Page 59
... standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been sodden in water , and it was quite a long time before they recovered their natural color . The rest of the men were hung after that , the cart jolting a little way backwards and ...
... standing out all over them . They felt as if they had been sodden in water , and it was quite a long time before they recovered their natural color . The rest of the men were hung after that , the cart jolting a little way backwards and ...
Page 68
... standing behind his chair , opened his mouth a little in a half smile . I was really angry with O'Brien by that time , with his air of omniscience , superiority , and self - content , as if he were talking to a child or someone very ...
... standing behind his chair , opened his mouth a little in a half smile . I was really angry with O'Brien by that time , with his air of omniscience , superiority , and self - content , as if he were talking to a child or someone very ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...